Drawing stand



' April 16, 1940- M. B. COOK ET AL DRAWING STAND Filed Nov. 14, 1938INVENTORS M/LLER B. COOK JUL/US H 774E085? ATTORNEY Patented Aer; 16,1940 .1 DRAWING STAND I Miller 5. Cook and Julius-H. Taeuber, Beloit, A

\ Application November-14, 193s, SeriailNo. 240,279

The present invention is an improvement over acopending application,issued October 10, 1939,

Number 2,175,503 to Miller B. Cook; and relates to drawing tablessuitable for nurseries, drawing schools, art schools, studios, draftingrooms and the like, and has for its object, providing one or twoadjustable drawing boards per unit hav- 1 ing means for supplying papertherefor from a roll or rolls positioned within the stand. An object ofthe present invention is to m vide a simple, easily manufactured,lightfand efii'cient stand. 3

A further object of the present invention is to provide a stand whichmay be equipped with one or two drawing boards, and'wherein when twoboards are provided, they may be used simul-..

taneously or alternately without interfering one with the other. f

is to provide a'drawing table having a .roll of paper for eachindividual board and means whereby thepaper isnot cut free fromtheroll"v until, after it has'been used and a fresh surface moved on theboard; and whereby the paper betweenthe board and roll will notinterfere with the movement of the board.

Theprincipal object of the present'invention is to provide simple andefficierit means forad justing and locking the, board or desired angleand'height. I

To these and other useful ends, our invention consists of parts,combinations of parts, or their equivalents and mode of operation, ashereinafter described, and claimed and shown in'the accompanyingdrawingiri which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the preferred form of our improveddrawing stand. v

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the stand as illustrated in Figure 1. 1

Fig. 3 is a top view of one of the drawing boards having thereon a stripof paper.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary front view of the board and the paper holdingmeans.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary vertical section of the shelf as illustrated bydotted'lines-in Figure 2.

boards at any Fig.6 is a fragmentary section taken on line. 5- 6 ofFigure 3 including fractions of one'of the end members.

Fig. 7 is a detail transverse section of the ad- Figure 6. We providesheet metal panels ll which are preferablyishaped as shown and spot v fmembers H. A still further object of the present invention table.It=willbe understood that theupper front board 20 as clearly indicatedin Figure 6 having" welded or otherwise sec v to improve :the appearanceand strengthen. the stand and form unitary end members.These members.are detachably secured, together by means of a) sheet metal plate 12,and a suitable shelf I3. I we provide holding brackets l4 -l4 which aresecured tomembers H as illustrated by ,dotted lines in Figure 1 on whichthe rolls of paper l5-l 5 may be supported and easilyremoved,

and r p aced preferably by means of round wood barslG.

' ed to members I0;

a It will be understood that the are of said shown-in Figure 2 isoptional. We may elect to use but one side of this stand, leaving theother side vertical and close it witha panel which may extend frommember l 2 to the bottom edges of ers or shelves in the rear, sides,; orfront of the edges of the and. members may be'extended;ver-' tically orat a different angle from that shown. We provide novel meansfforsupportingand adjusting the drawing boards -211. The outer .ends aresupported by means of assemblylinks We provide roller supports andholdingmeans forthe inner .end. of the board as follows:- A

bracket is provided which is securedltothe Wemay also electto placedrawa I aslidably mounted pin 3! This pin is reduced in diameter tothereby form an offset as at 32, the.

reduced end 33 being adapted to rotatably carrya roller 34. Roller 34 isprovided with a flange 35. Pin 3| is provided with a spring-36 and. acotter pin 31 whereby roller 34 is yieldingly held v in the positionshown in Figure 6.

We provide a suitable number of registering apertures38 in members Inand .Il whereby when r the roller is held in the channel as illustrated,

the protruding end, of member 33 will extend through these apertures.Thus it will be seen thatthe upper end of the board may be securely heldmany desired position. I

To release the board, all. that is necessary is to press inward onflanges 35 with sufficient pressure to overcome the pressure ofsprin'gs33, thus to cause member, 33 to disengage apertures 38 and whenthis is done, the roller willthen be free to move upward and downward inthe channel and and inwardly as at 4|. Members 4! are curved outwardlyas at 42. Thus when the paper 39 is drawn over the board, this holdingstrip is placed 'over the board in the position as shown in Figures 3and 4. The angle portions 4| will act' to hold the strip snugly againstthe paper.

We may use two of the holding strips one for the position shown inFigure 3 and another for holding the paper snugly on the inner end ofthe 53 for the free but snug reception of rod 54.

Opening 53 is slightly extended transversely whereby the flattened end56 of rod 54m'ay -be removed from the assembly. This, however, isimpossible when the. assembly is secured to board 20 and'shelf I 3. Thusthe outer end of the board cannot be liftedhigh enough to disengage therod 54 from tube 4 3. l

"Member 46' is provided with an L ex'tension55 which is of a lengthwhich, when in contact with member 44, rod 56will be free to'move'through aperture 53. f 1 we provide-spring?! adapted to forcemember 46 into the position shown in Figure? thus to lock the rod orholdit from moving into tube 43 or in otherwords, providing means tosupporti'the weight of board 20 and the link assembly, This linkassembly is shown practically its shortest adjustment. The lower end ofrod 54 is flattened as at 58 so as to provide room for an aperture forthe free reception of rod 22. I

When the board 20 is in its lowest position as illustrated on the leftside of Figure 2, member 56 will rest against bolt 23. The inner end ofboard 20 may, as already described, be raised and lowered and if it isdesired to change the angle of the board as provided for by linkassembly 2|, all that is necessary is to lift on the board becausemember 46 acts as a one way clutch and when it is desired to lower theouter end of the board, rod 54 may be released by counteracting thepressure of spring 51.

Clearly the board may be conveniently raised or lowered either at itsfront or rear so as to be held in any-one of the positions shown inFigure 2 or at any intermediate position.

It will be seen that we have provided a drawing stand wherein thedrawing board may be moved to any desired position by simply disengagingmember- 33 or by simply lifting the outer end of" l the board or bydisengaging member 46.

It will be noted that our improved stand is par-- ticularly adapted foruse in a nursery or in class rooms because any child can safely move theboard to any desired position.

- Clearly many minor detail changes may be made in the various parts ofour improved drawing stand withou't departing from the spirit and scopeof the present invention as recited in the appended claim. fl-layingthus: shown and ti'on, we claimz' a A drafting table of the classdescribed comprising in combination, 'end members havingsupportin'g'legs jmeans forlsecuring said end members in spaced relationforming a unitary stand, adrawing board the front and rear of which areseparately adjusta bly mounted on the front of said stand as to height,the adjustable mounting for the rear of said board comprising guidewayson said end m'embersand projections on the bojard adapt'edto besli'dably engaged by saidguidewa-ys, said projections having springactuated means for automatically locking said projections to saidguideways, 'means for manuallydisengaging said projections whereby therear en'd'of said board maybe raised or lowered to any desired position,the adjustable meansfor thefront of said board described ourinvencomprising two pairs of telescoped links,'the u per I engaged. v

1 MILLER. B. COOK.

JULIUSJH. TAEUBER.

